Mayate. Colloquial from Mexico. Mayate is used to refer to a gay man. Nothing to do with black people or slaves. Check definition in spanish Mayate: Hombre homosexual. Synonyms for mayate are joto, puto, maricon, volteado, invertido,marica.

This word literally refers to an insect that eats shit. In Mexico, it is used to refer--NOT to a gay man--but to a man who has sex with gay men (as a top) and receives blow jobs from gay men. According to Mexican social roles, as long as you're active and not passive, it doesn't matter the gender of your partners, you're still straight. Therefore, these men who fuck men/recieve sexual favors from men still consider themselves straight. The derogatory term for them is mayate.

“Mayate” is a Spanish racist term. Directly translated, Mayate means “a black beetle” and it’s an EXTREMELY DEROGATORY way to refer to African Americans. Mayate means The N Word in Spanish. Don't be fooled, most people think Negro or Nigerita means The N Word in Spanish, but the main word that is used amongst Latin's, Latin American's is "Mayate."

"December 28, 2007: Looks like Los Angeles may have another crazy comedian on its hands. One of MediaTakeOut.com’s faithful wrote us about comedian George Lopez’ new comedy show.
In it George reportedly uses the Spanish racist term “Mayate.” Directly translated, Mayate means “a black beetle” and it’s an EXTREMELY DEROGATORY way to refer to African Americans.

Here’s what our reader saw and heard last night:

George was going on about text alerts – then he said we have to send each other texts saying Mayate Alert, Mayate Alert. Anyway, Mayate means The N Word in Spanish. Some of the Mexicans were making sounds like – Whoa I can’t believe he just said that. See some Black people think Negro or Nigerita means The N Word in Spanish. So, he thought the few black people there wouldn’t catch it."

"He was also like f*ck ’em, they ain’t here tonight – and if YOU are here – you’re Dominican tonight damn it."